Article securing means



Jane M, @950 A. lsRAELsoN 2,4943% ARTICLE SECURING MEANS Filed NOV. 15, 1944 Patented Jan. 10, i950 UNITED STATES PAT ENT OFFiCE 2,494,130; H

AR'EIGEE SECURI-NG- MEANS Albert Israelson, Hart'mgton, Nehru elimination-November15, 1944, Serial No. 563.5816

' iciaims (01. 131-186) -This invention relates generally to; the; class: of clasps or securing devices and. pertains..parti'cul'arl y to improvements in means. for. securing small articles in. the pocket, to. a helt. or to other. portions of the clothing- Atthe present time, pens, pencils and. other objects-which may be carried in the pocket or are. attached to-the=.waist belt or some other part oi the'clothing are frequently provided with..me tallic clips, or clips t otherresilient material, which, when the article is disposed upright. in the pocket, engage overthe top edge. of the pocket and press against the pocket material. upon; the outside, securing the material between. the .refsilient -cl-ip and the body of the. article to which the clipis attached or the: waist belt oran edge of some other part the: clothing. may beirictionally engaged between. the article and the clip; These clip devices: are. invariably tormed or made: separate from the article and are then secured tothe article by a rivet, by welding or in some other manner. The making and applying of the clip devices in this manner requires a number of manufacturing steps or procedureswhich all gotoincreasing the roduction costs ofthe clip and the article to which it is attached.

The principal object of the present invention is to providea means for avoiding the unnecessary labor and expense involved in the" production.and,..ap.plication of article holding clips in the manner above described by the simple procedure of making the resilient element forming the clip directly from and as an integral part of the article in connection with which it is to be used, thereby eliminating the steps oi manufacturing the clip with some form. of head for facilitating its application to the article and of applying. and securing the clip orholding. device onto the article.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in association with the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to a strict conformity with the showing? of the drawing but maybe changed or'modifled. and made use of in connection with other types of articles than those here illustrated, so long as the changes or modifications do not depart from the invention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a pipe showing one application of the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

2: 1 Figure 3 isa transverse. section on briefings-a of'Fig-m'e 2..

Figure .4 is aview side. elevation. ot a. such asis. usedl'forcigalrettes and cigarslshowing the application of the: inventionthereto: a slightly-modified form;

Figure. v5 is: a. view' in; side: elevation ot a pencil showing the: application of the invention thereto. Referring now more: particularly to. the drawing, it will be seen that there are illustrated, three articles whichare frequently carried iimthe pocket, morev particularly a.- breast pocket-ofa coat, shirt or the like. .When. carried in pockets, the articles, unless secured, frequently fall out. when the carrier leans-over. I

The invention is here illustrated; and described as applied to. articlescarried intheponket but. it is equally applicable: to other articles. whereby such other. articles: maybe. suspended;

from the waist belt or some other part ofthe clothing;

Inaccordance with the present. invention, each: article has formed. from the body thereoi-,..a re)- silient tongue:which, in cooperationwith the body of'which it forms a.part,.provides a. resilient clasp; or fastener for engagement over an edge'offaez pocketor other part of the clothing whereby .the article: maybe firmly held in position.

For example-,. Figure 1'. illustrates a smoking pipe. which is designated. H1 and: which has-a straight stem. ll. Suchv pipes. are; in the. majority of. cases? formed. wood-which possesses. a. con. siderable degreeot resiliency. 1

i In accordance with the present inventiontthe stem upon oneJside: may be cut in at an oblique angle, as; at. [2 andis then. out along aline parallel. with the axisof: the stem. .and only a: traction of an inch below thesurtace to form the slot L3. This cut is extended. lengthwise. of-thea stem, suffi'cientlyto form; the relatively long tongue l4.

By starting thecut fortheslot I 3 at the oblique angle to the length of the stem, it will be seem that a relatively widev entrance is provided'he tween the body of the stem and the free end of the tongue. This facilitatesthe introduction of an. edge of the material. of a pocket, under the tongue, the tongue, because.- of itsthinness' ea'sily springing outwardly to. admit the pocket material butmai'ntaininga sufilciently firm pressure thereagainst to hold the article against falling from the pocket, when the carrier stoops or leans over.

Figure 4 illustrates the application of the present invention to a cigarette or cigar holder. Such largement or button 18' upon the inner side adjacent the free end thereof. This allows for the making of a relatively large slot H while at the same time providing the necessary gripping action to hold an edge of a pocket. While this modified construction has been shown only upon the tongue for this one article, it will be readily apparent that it may housed in connection with the other articles illustrated or any articles to which the invention may be applied.

Figure 5 illustrates the application of the invention to another article commonly carried in the pocket, that is, a lead pencil, such article being generally designated 19. It will, of course, be readily appreciated that this might represent a pen or any one of the numerous forms of automatic pencils as well as the old-fashioned lead pencil where a rod of graphite is encased in a wooden sheath.

In this last mentioned article the wood material is cut obliquely as at 20 as in the other cases described and after reaching the proper depth the cut is extended lengthwise to form the slot 2| thereby producing the resilient tongue 22.

In this last mentioned type of article, where the length is slowly reduced as the article is used, it would be of advantage to form the tongue 22 at several places along the length of the pencil so that when the pencil is new and at full length it might be secured in the pocket by a tongue 10- cated about midway between its ends due to the fact that it might not be possible to extend the pencil all of the way into the pocket to a sumcient extent to employ a tongue formed at the extreme outer end thereof.

While illustration has been made of a pipe, a cigarette holder and a pencil, showing the application of the present idea to each, it is to be understood that there is no intention, because of these specific illustrations, of limiting the invention to these three articles since it will be readily apparent that the invention may be applied to dozens or even hundreds of small articles such, for example, as pocket combs, keys, eye-glass cases, rules, finger-nail files or larger articles such as hand-saws, squares, hatchets, tin snips, and many other items. It is also to be understood that while reference has been made to ar ticles which are usually carried in the pocket, it is contemplated to apply the invention to any and all articles which may be carried from place to place and which are of a character to be at-v tached to or hung from an edge of a pocket or some other part of a garment, from a waist belt or a piece of material secured, in the form of a strap, to the garment t provide a means fromwhich to suspend an article.

The holder l5 illustrated in Figure 4 has a" mouthpiece or bite I6 in which a rib 16a. is provided inwardly of the end whereby to form an extension 162) which, when the bite is in the mouth, projects inwardly beyond the teeth which grip the bite in front of the ribs 16a. This provides a means whereby the holder may be more eifectively held in position in the mouth and it will be apparent that this feature may be made a part of the bite of the pipe also.

I claim:

' 1. An article of a size and character to be carried on the person, attached to the clothing, having a portion of substantial length, the said portion having a slot formed obliquely thereinto and '1 then continued on a straight line through a part of the length of said portion to form from the material of the article an integral tongue having a straight inside face designed to co-act with the corresponding face of the adjacent part of the article body to frictionally engage over an edge of a part of the clothing, the outer side of the tongue lying flush with the adjacent surface of said portion of the article.

2. A pipe having a stem, a portion of said stem being provided with a relatively wide slot cut lengthwise in a plane paralleling the length of the stem and then obliquely outwardly through the side of the stem to form an integral tongue having a flat, straight inside face opposing a parallel fiat face of the stem and adapted to function as a pocket edge gripping means. 3. In a holder for cigars and cigarettes, a body having a portion of a side thereof provided with a relatively wide lengthwise slot through a portion of its length, the material of the body lying outside the slot being free at one end from the body and forming a resilient tongue adapted to frictionally engage over an edge of a pocket to secure the holder therein, the tongue being straight throughout its length and lying parallel with the adjacent part of the body. 4. A writing instrument such as a pen, pencil and the like, comprising a relatively long body, the body having a portion adjacent one side out through a substantial length paralleling the length to form a relatively wide slot of the body and then cut obliquely through the side of the body, the cuts forming a straight integral tongue from the material of the body adapted to resiliently engage over an edge of a pocket in which the body is placed.

ALBERT ISRAELSON.

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